Re: new features and shortcuts in the new Pro Tools 2018.1

[Slau Halatyn]

Hi Martin,
Yes, except that, earlier, one had to be in playlist views to perform some of 
the shortcuts. Now it can be done right from waveform view.
Slau

> On Mar 2, 2018, at 4:39 AM, Martin (Punky) Sopart  wrote:
> 
> Hello Slau!
> 
> I'm just updating my Pro and Flo Tools documentation...
> 
> Regarding Playlists...
> Does Option+Shift+UpArrow now the same like Control+Option+V?
> 
> Thanks in advance! / Martin
>> -Original Message-
>> From: ptaccess@googlegroups.com [mailto:ptaccess@googlegroups.com]
>> On Behalf Of Slau Halatyn
>> Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2018 10:28 PM
>> To: PTAccess List 
>> Subject: new features and shortcuts in the new Pro Tools 2018.1
>> 
>> There are a bunch of new features and shortcuts in Pro Tools 2018.1
>> announced today at NAMM. Yes, the version numbers are different now and
>> reflect year dot month of release. Anyway, below is  a brief look at the new
>> shortcuts and their functions but first, the big news:
>> 
>> The track record button now accurately reports when it is selected. No more
>> having to read the button multiple times to verify whether it's armed or not
>> because of it flashing on and off. The same applies to the Global Record
>> button in the Transport. This has been an issue from day one and I asked that
>> this be made a priority fix last time I visited Avid and it went through a 
>> few
>> iterations in beta before they got it right but they did nail it. Yay for 
>> fixes!
>> 
>> 
>> Designate current playlist as target playlist
>> Command+Shift+right arrow
>> Any playlist can now be designated as the target playlist to which clips or
>> selections from any other playlist can be copied or moved. When a playlist is
>> selected, pressing Command+Shift+Right Arrow designates that playlist as
>> the target playlist.
>> 
>> Copy selection to target playlist
>> Shift+Option+up arrow
>> Let's say you've  created a track called Vocal and you've recorded a number
>> of takes on playlists. Let's assume you have four recorded takes on playlists
>> named Vocal.01, Vocal.02, Vocal.03 and Vocal.04. Let's say you've designated
>> Vocal as the target playlist. For clarity, let's assume you renamed the 
>> playlist
>> Vocal Comp and your goal is to compile a series of clips or selections from 
>> the
>> various takes to put on the comp track. Let's say you decided that take 3 was
>> the overall best take. Using Shift+Up/Down Arrows, you'd select the Vocal.03
>> playlist, select the entire range of the timeline and simply press
>> Option+Shift+Up Arrow to copy it to the target playlist, Vocal Comp, without
>> having to copy, then select the Vocal Comp playlist and paste. It's just one
>> shortcut. Of course, you'll still be on Vocal.03. So, now, let's say you know
>> that the first phrase in verse 2 is better in take 4. You can Shift down 
>> Arrow to
>> get to vocal.04, select the phrase in question and hit Option+Shift+Up arrow
>> to send it to Vocal Comp. Essentially, this workflow replaces the use of
>> playlist lanes where one would have to click in a lane, solo it to hear it 
>> and
>> then press Control+Option+v to copy to the Main Playlist. The Main playlist 
>> is
>> the currently selected playlist and, now with the introduction of a Target
>> playlist, one can essentially send from any playlist to any designated target
>> playlist.
>> 
>> Move selection to target playlist
>> Option+Shift+t
>> If, instead of copying a clip or selection to the target playlist, you'd 
>> rather
>> move the selection to the target playlist rather than copying, Option+Shift+t
>> is your friend. Flo Tools users will recognize that this Keyboard shortcut 
>> is the
>> the command to Speak Selected Tracks. The new version of Flo Tools now
>> uses a different shortcut. Refer to the What's New in Flo Tools document to
>> find out more.
>> 
>> Toggle recent playlists
>> Shift+left arrow
>> Pressing this shortcut will simply toggle quickly between 2 playlists
>> 
>> Show target playlist
>> Shift+right arrow
>> No matter how many playlists you have or which playlist is currently 
>> selected,
>> pressing Shift+Right Arrow will select the Target Playlist.
>> 
>> Cycle in audio from previous playlist
>> Command+Shift+up arrow
>> Cycle in audio from next playlist
>> Command+Shift+down arrow
>> These two commands are perhaps the most powerful playlist editing
>> shortcuts. what these commands do is cycle in audio from other playlists
>> when a selection range is made. Without having to switch playlists, it's now
>> possible to audition audio from other playlists in context. Let's say you 
>> were
>> on your Vocal Comp playlist and you had your previously recorded 4 takes
>> and you had chosen take 3 as overall best take, just like the previous
>> scenario. Let's say the song was "Mary Had a Little Lamb." So let's say you 
>> had
>> your chosen take copied into the target playlist and you're listening to the
>> first line and the word "little just doesn't sound right. What you can 

RE: new features and shortcuts in the new Pro Tools 2018.1

[Martin (Punky) Sopart]

Hello Slau!

I'm just updating my Pro and Flo Tools documentation...

Regarding Playlists...
Does Option+Shift+UpArrow now the same like Control+Option+V?

Thanks in advance! / Martin
> -Original Message-
> From: ptaccess@googlegroups.com [mailto:ptaccess@googlegroups.com]
> On Behalf Of Slau Halatyn
> Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2018 10:28 PM
> To: PTAccess List 
> Subject: new features and shortcuts in the new Pro Tools 2018.1
> 
> There are a bunch of new features and shortcuts in Pro Tools 2018.1
> announced today at NAMM. Yes, the version numbers are different now and
> reflect year dot month of release. Anyway, below is  a brief look at the new
> shortcuts and their functions but first, the big news:
> 
> The track record button now accurately reports when it is selected. No more
> having to read the button multiple times to verify whether it's armed or not
> because of it flashing on and off. The same applies to the Global Record
> button in the Transport. This has been an issue from day one and I asked that
> this be made a priority fix last time I visited Avid and it went through a few
> iterations in beta before they got it right but they did nail it. Yay for 
> fixes!
> 
> 
> Designate current playlist as target playlist
> Command+Shift+right arrow
> Any playlist can now be designated as the target playlist to which clips or
> selections from any other playlist can be copied or moved. When a playlist is
> selected, pressing Command+Shift+Right Arrow designates that playlist as
> the target playlist.
> 
> Copy selection to target playlist
> Shift+Option+up arrow
> Let's say you've  created a track called Vocal and you've recorded a number
> of takes on playlists. Let's assume you have four recorded takes on playlists
> named Vocal.01, Vocal.02, Vocal.03 and Vocal.04. Let's say you've designated
> Vocal as the target playlist. For clarity, let's assume you renamed the 
> playlist
> Vocal Comp and your goal is to compile a series of clips or selections from 
> the
> various takes to put on the comp track. Let's say you decided that take 3 was
> the overall best take. Using Shift+Up/Down Arrows, you'd select the Vocal.03
> playlist, select the entire range of the timeline and simply press
> Option+Shift+Up Arrow to copy it to the target playlist, Vocal Comp, without
> having to copy, then select the Vocal Comp playlist and paste. It's just one
> shortcut. Of course, you'll still be on Vocal.03. So, now, let's say you know
> that the first phrase in verse 2 is better in take 4. You can Shift down 
> Arrow to
> get to vocal.04, select the phrase in question and hit Option+Shift+Up arrow
> to send it to Vocal Comp. Essentially, this workflow replaces the use of
> playlist lanes where one would have to click in a lane, solo it to hear it and
> then press Control+Option+v to copy to the Main Playlist. The Main playlist is
> the currently selected playlist and, now with the introduction of a Target
> playlist, one can essentially send from any playlist to any designated target
> playlist.
> 
> Move selection to target playlist
> Option+Shift+t
> If, instead of copying a clip or selection to the target playlist, you'd 
> rather
> move the selection to the target playlist rather than copying, Option+Shift+t
> is your friend. Flo Tools users will recognize that this Keyboard shortcut is 
> the
> the command to Speak Selected Tracks. The new version of Flo Tools now
> uses a different shortcut. Refer to the What's New in Flo Tools document to
> find out more.
> 
> Toggle recent playlists
> Shift+left arrow
> Pressing this shortcut will simply toggle quickly between 2 playlists
> 
> Show target playlist
> Shift+right arrow
> No matter how many playlists you have or which playlist is currently selected,
> pressing Shift+Right Arrow will select the Target Playlist.
> 
> Cycle in audio from previous playlist
> Command+Shift+up arrow
> Cycle in audio from next playlist
> Command+Shift+down arrow
> These two commands are perhaps the most powerful playlist editing
> shortcuts. what these commands do is cycle in audio from other playlists
> when a selection range is made. Without having to switch playlists, it's now
> possible to audition audio from other playlists in context. Let's say you were
> on your Vocal Comp playlist and you had your previously recorded 4 takes
> and you had chosen take 3 as overall best take, just like the previous
> scenario. Let's say the song was "Mary Had a Little Lamb." So let's say you 
> had
> your chosen take copied into the target playlist and you're listening to the
> first line and the word "little just doesn't sound right. What you can now do 
> is
> select the word "little" in the playlist and press Command+Shift+Down
> Arrow. Now, the word "little will be the performance from Vocal.01.
> Everything else remains the same and unchanged. Only the word "little" has
> changed. Pressing Command+Shift+Down Arrow again will now cycle in
> "little" from Vocal.02. You can continu

Re: new features and shortcuts in the new Pro Tools 2018.1

[Slau Halatyn]

I don't see a problem with this approach. If one presses the asterisk key, Pro 
Tools highlights the Main Counter field and, if no numbers on the num pad are 
pressed, the highlight of the Main Counter numeric field simply stops being 
highlighted after a set number of seconds. It's something like 5 seconds or so. 
If a person inadvertently presses the asterisk and never meant to enter a 
number, pressing Escape manually unhighlights the field. This approach could 
follow the exact same principle.

Turns out, last night, I happened to bump into one of the senior product 
developers in the bar last night and we discussed this very issue. When the 
discussion originally came up a couple of years ago, it was with someone else 
on the team and it was never officially submitted into the system as a bug or 
feature request. This time, we'll have to verify that the documentation 
specifically says the negative numbers are possible in bars and beats mode. If 
it does state that, then it's either a misprint or a bug and, based on what one 
of the engineers said, negative numbers will not work with this method of 
offsetting because of the nature of pickup bars. The bottom line is, if I then 
submit it as a feature request, they'll look into the process to see if that 
workflow can follow logic. Of course, it's not an accessibility request and 
falls squarely under Pro Tools functionality so I'd imagine it's fairly simple 
to send down the pike. However, there are innumerable such requests for all 
kinds of functionality and I fear this one might just be put among the furthest 
back burners. We'll see…

> On Jan 27, 2018, at 4:11 AM, Phil Muir  
> wrote:
> 
> Slau wrote: My understanding, when I brought this up around 2 years ago, was
> that it simply didn't work with bars and beats. I did wonder, however, if it
> couldn't be facilitated by pressing asterisk then plus first and then minus
> and the bars to have PT essentially recognize that it's about to receive a
> number entry but, while it's waiting, if a minus key is pressed, it's made
> aware that this minus, which was preceded by a plus, is meant to designate
> an offset rather than a bar number. To me, it makes perfect sense but, then
> again, maybe there's a good reason why they can't do that or why it wouldn't
> work logically.
> 
> Phil replied: from a programmers stand-point I can see some potential issues
> with this.  E.G. how  long would you have PT wait for the next input etc.
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: ptaccess@googlegroups.com [mailto:ptaccess@googlegroups.com] On Behalf
> Of Slau Halatyn
> Sent: 27 January 2018 02:01
> To: PTAccess List
> Subject: Re: new features and shortcuts in the new Pro Tools 2018.1
> 
> My understanding, when I brought this up around 2 years ago, was that it
> simply didn't work with bars and beats. I did wonder, however, if it
> couldn't be facilitated by pressing asterisk then plus first and then minus
> and the bars to have PT essentially recognize that it's about to receive a
> number entry but, while it's waiting, if a minus key is pressed, it's made
> aware that this minus, which was preceded by a plus, is meant to designate
> an offset rather than a bar number. To me, it makes perfect sense but, then
> again, maybe there's a good reason why they can't do that or why it wouldn't
> work logically. I'll run it by them again.
> Cheers!
>> On Jan 26, 2018, at 7:05 AM, Martin (Punky) Sopart 
> wrote:
>> 
>> Hello Slau!
>> 
>> Ah ok, of corse I'm working with bars etc.
>> Thanks for pointing out.
>> I understood the manual that it is also possible.
>> 
>> Best! / Martin
>>> -Original Message-
>>> From: ptaccess@googlegroups.com [mailto:ptaccess@googlegroups.com]
>>> On Behalf Of Slau Halatyn
>>> Sent: Friday, January 26, 2018 3:47 PM
>>> To: PTAccess List 
>>> Subject: Re: new features and shortcuts in the new Pro Tools 2018.1
>>> 
>>> Hi Martin,
>>> 
>>> Actually, it does work. I did it just now. Perhaps what you're thinking
> of is
>>> that it doesn't work when you're in bars and beats. In that case, a minus
> in
>>> front of the bar number would assume there are negative count-in bars
>>> before bar 1, which is a common thing. I've pointed this out and asked if
> it
>>> might be possible to somehow move backwards by a fixed number of bars
>>> with a key sequence but that hasn't been tackled yet. As for minutes and
>>> seconds, the sequence does work.
>>> Cheers,
>>> Slau
>>> 
>>>> On Jan

RE: new features and shortcuts in the new Pro Tools 2018.1

[Phil Muir]

Slau wrote: My understanding, when I brought this up around 2 years ago, was
that it simply didn't work with bars and beats. I did wonder, however, if it
couldn't be facilitated by pressing asterisk then plus first and then minus
and the bars to have PT essentially recognize that it's about to receive a
number entry but, while it's waiting, if a minus key is pressed, it's made
aware that this minus, which was preceded by a plus, is meant to designate
an offset rather than a bar number. To me, it makes perfect sense but, then
again, maybe there's a good reason why they can't do that or why it wouldn't
work logically.

Phil replied: from a programmers stand-point I can see some potential issues
with this.  E.G. how  long would you have PT wait for the next input etc.

-Original Message-
From: ptaccess@googlegroups.com [mailto:ptaccess@googlegroups.com] On Behalf
Of Slau Halatyn
Sent: 27 January 2018 02:01
To: PTAccess List
Subject: Re: new features and shortcuts in the new Pro Tools 2018.1

My understanding, when I brought this up around 2 years ago, was that it
simply didn't work with bars and beats. I did wonder, however, if it
couldn't be facilitated by pressing asterisk then plus first and then minus
and the bars to have PT essentially recognize that it's about to receive a
number entry but, while it's waiting, if a minus key is pressed, it's made
aware that this minus, which was preceded by a plus, is meant to designate
an offset rather than a bar number. To me, it makes perfect sense but, then
again, maybe there's a good reason why they can't do that or why it wouldn't
work logically. I'll run it by them again.
Cheers!
> On Jan 26, 2018, at 7:05 AM, Martin (Punky) Sopart 
wrote:
> 
> Hello Slau!
> 
> Ah ok, of corse I'm working with bars etc.
> Thanks for pointing out.
> I understood the manual that it is also possible.
> 
> Best! / Martin
>> -Original Message-
>> From: ptaccess@googlegroups.com [mailto:ptaccess@googlegroups.com]
>> On Behalf Of Slau Halatyn
>> Sent: Friday, January 26, 2018 3:47 PM
>> To: PTAccess List 
>> Subject: Re: new features and shortcuts in the new Pro Tools 2018.1
>> 
>> Hi Martin,
>> 
>> Actually, it does work. I did it just now. Perhaps what you're thinking
of is
>> that it doesn't work when you're in bars and beats. In that case, a minus
in
>> front of the bar number would assume there are negative count-in bars
>> before bar 1, which is a common thing. I've pointed this out and asked if
it
>> might be possible to somehow move backwards by a fixed number of bars
>> with a key sequence but that hasn't been tackled yet. As for minutes and
>> seconds, the sequence does work.
>> Cheers,
>> Slau
>> 
>>> On Jan 26, 2018, at 2:02 AM, Martin (Punky) Sopart 
>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi Slau!
>>> 
>>> Sounds very interesting.
>>> Thanks for supporting us over there.
>>> 
>>> Maybe you could ask for another all time bug.
>>> I reported it several times to Avid.
>>> 
>>> Moving e.g. 7 bars forward by pressing Numpad-Star, Numpad-Plus,
>> Numpad-7, Numpad-Enter works great.
>>> But the opposed direction - using Numpad-Minus instead of Numpad-Plus -
>> does not work at all but is still in the Pro Tools manual.
>>> 
>>> Best! / Martin
>>>> -Original Message-
>>>> From: ptaccess@googlegroups.com [mailto:ptaccess@googlegroups.com]
>>>> On Behalf Of Slau Halatyn
>>>> Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2018 10:28 PM
>>>> To: PTAccess List 
>>>> Subject: new features and shortcuts in the new Pro Tools 2018.1
>>>> 
>>>> There are a bunch of new features and shortcuts in Pro Tools 2018.1
>>>> announced today at NAMM. Yes, the version numbers are different now
>> and
>>>> reflect year dot month of release. Anyway, below is  a brief look at
the
>> new
>>>> shortcuts and their functions but first, the big news:
>>>> 
>>>> The track record button now accurately reports when it is selected. No
>> more
>>>> having to read the button multiple times to verify whether it's armed
or
>> not
>>>> because of it flashing on and off. The same applies to the Global
Record
>>>> button in the Transport. This has been an issue from day one and I
asked
>> that
>>>> this be made a priority fix last time I visited Avid and it went
through a few
>>>> iterations in beta before they got it right but they did nail it. Yay
for fixes!
>>>> 
>>

Re: new features and shortcuts in the new Pro Tools 2018.1

[Slau Halatyn]

My understanding, when I brought this up around 2 years ago, was that it simply 
didn't work with bars and beats. I did wonder, however, if it couldn't be 
facilitated by pressing asterisk then plus first and then minus and the bars to 
have PT essentially recognize that it's about to receive a number entry but, 
while it's waiting, if a minus key is pressed, it's made aware that this minus, 
which was preceded by a plus, is meant to designate an offset rather than a bar 
number. To me, it makes perfect sense but, then again, maybe there's a good 
reason why they can't do that or why it wouldn't work logically. I'll run it by 
them again.
Cheers!
> On Jan 26, 2018, at 7:05 AM, Martin (Punky) Sopart  wrote:
> 
> Hello Slau!
> 
> Ah ok, of corse I'm working with bars etc.
> Thanks for pointing out.
> I understood the manual that it is also possible.
> 
> Best! / Martin
>> -Original Message-
>> From: ptaccess@googlegroups.com [mailto:ptaccess@googlegroups.com]
>> On Behalf Of Slau Halatyn
>> Sent: Friday, January 26, 2018 3:47 PM
>> To: PTAccess List 
>> Subject: Re: new features and shortcuts in the new Pro Tools 2018.1
>> 
>> Hi Martin,
>> 
>> Actually, it does work. I did it just now. Perhaps what you're thinking of is
>> that it doesn't work when you're in bars and beats. In that case, a minus in
>> front of the bar number would assume there are negative count-in bars
>> before bar 1, which is a common thing. I've pointed this out and asked if it
>> might be possible to somehow move backwards by a fixed number of bars
>> with a key sequence but that hasn't been tackled yet. As for minutes and
>> seconds, the sequence does work.
>> Cheers,
>> Slau
>> 
>>> On Jan 26, 2018, at 2:02 AM, Martin (Punky) Sopart 
>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi Slau!
>>> 
>>> Sounds very interesting.
>>> Thanks for supporting us over there.
>>> 
>>> Maybe you could ask for another all time bug.
>>> I reported it several times to Avid.
>>> 
>>> Moving e.g. 7 bars forward by pressing Numpad-Star, Numpad-Plus,
>> Numpad-7, Numpad-Enter works great.
>>> But the opposed direction - using Numpad-Minus instead of Numpad-Plus -
>> does not work at all but is still in the Pro Tools manual.
>>> 
>>> Best! / Martin
>>>> -Original Message-
>>>> From: ptaccess@googlegroups.com [mailto:ptaccess@googlegroups.com]
>>>> On Behalf Of Slau Halatyn
>>>> Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2018 10:28 PM
>>>> To: PTAccess List 
>>>> Subject: new features and shortcuts in the new Pro Tools 2018.1
>>>> 
>>>> There are a bunch of new features and shortcuts in Pro Tools 2018.1
>>>> announced today at NAMM. Yes, the version numbers are different now
>> and
>>>> reflect year dot month of release. Anyway, below is  a brief look at the
>> new
>>>> shortcuts and their functions but first, the big news:
>>>> 
>>>> The track record button now accurately reports when it is selected. No
>> more
>>>> having to read the button multiple times to verify whether it's armed or
>> not
>>>> because of it flashing on and off. The same applies to the Global Record
>>>> button in the Transport. This has been an issue from day one and I asked
>> that
>>>> this be made a priority fix last time I visited Avid and it went through a 
>>>> few
>>>> iterations in beta before they got it right but they did nail it. Yay for 
>>>> fixes!
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Designate current playlist as target playlist
>>>> Command+Shift+right arrow
>>>> Any playlist can now be designated as the target playlist to which clips or
>>>> selections from any other playlist can be copied or moved. When a playlist
>> is
>>>> selected, pressing Command+Shift+Right Arrow designates that playlist as
>>>> the target playlist.
>>>> 
>>>> Copy selection to target playlist
>>>> Shift+Option+up arrow
>>>> Let's say you've  created a track called Vocal and you've recorded a
>> number
>>>> of takes on playlists. Let's assume you have four recorded takes on
>> playlists
>>>> named Vocal.01, Vocal.02, Vocal.03 and Vocal.04. Let's say you've
>> designated
>>>> Vocal as the target playlist. For clarity, let's assume you renamed the
>> playlist
>>>> V

RE: new features and shortcuts in the new Pro Tools 2018.1

[Martin (Punky) Sopart]

Hello Slau!

Ah ok, of corse I'm working with bars etc.
Thanks for pointing out.
I understood the manual that it is also possible.

Best! / Martin
> -Original Message-
> From: ptaccess@googlegroups.com [mailto:ptaccess@googlegroups.com]
> On Behalf Of Slau Halatyn
> Sent: Friday, January 26, 2018 3:47 PM
> To: PTAccess List 
> Subject: Re: new features and shortcuts in the new Pro Tools 2018.1
> 
> Hi Martin,
> 
> Actually, it does work. I did it just now. Perhaps what you're thinking of is
> that it doesn't work when you're in bars and beats. In that case, a minus in
> front of the bar number would assume there are negative count-in bars
> before bar 1, which is a common thing. I've pointed this out and asked if it
> might be possible to somehow move backwards by a fixed number of bars
> with a key sequence but that hasn't been tackled yet. As for minutes and
> seconds, the sequence does work.
> Cheers,
> Slau
> 
> > On Jan 26, 2018, at 2:02 AM, Martin (Punky) Sopart 
> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Slau!
> >
> > Sounds very interesting.
> > Thanks for supporting us over there.
> >
> > Maybe you could ask for another all time bug.
> > I reported it several times to Avid.
> >
> > Moving e.g. 7 bars forward by pressing Numpad-Star, Numpad-Plus,
> Numpad-7, Numpad-Enter works great.
> > But the opposed direction - using Numpad-Minus instead of Numpad-Plus -
> does not work at all but is still in the Pro Tools manual.
> >
> > Best! / Martin
> >> -Original Message-
> >> From: ptaccess@googlegroups.com [mailto:ptaccess@googlegroups.com]
> >> On Behalf Of Slau Halatyn
> >> Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2018 10:28 PM
> >> To: PTAccess List 
> >> Subject: new features and shortcuts in the new Pro Tools 2018.1
> >>
> >> There are a bunch of new features and shortcuts in Pro Tools 2018.1
> >> announced today at NAMM. Yes, the version numbers are different now
> and
> >> reflect year dot month of release. Anyway, below is  a brief look at the
> new
> >> shortcuts and their functions but first, the big news:
> >>
> >> The track record button now accurately reports when it is selected. No
> more
> >> having to read the button multiple times to verify whether it's armed or
> not
> >> because of it flashing on and off. The same applies to the Global Record
> >> button in the Transport. This has been an issue from day one and I asked
> that
> >> this be made a priority fix last time I visited Avid and it went through a 
> >> few
> >> iterations in beta before they got it right but they did nail it. Yay for 
> >> fixes!
> >>
> >>
> >> Designate current playlist as target playlist
> >> Command+Shift+right arrow
> >> Any playlist can now be designated as the target playlist to which clips or
> >> selections from any other playlist can be copied or moved. When a playlist
> is
> >> selected, pressing Command+Shift+Right Arrow designates that playlist as
> >> the target playlist.
> >>
> >> Copy selection to target playlist
> >> Shift+Option+up arrow
> >> Let's say you've  created a track called Vocal and you've recorded a
> number
> >> of takes on playlists. Let's assume you have four recorded takes on
> playlists
> >> named Vocal.01, Vocal.02, Vocal.03 and Vocal.04. Let's say you've
> designated
> >> Vocal as the target playlist. For clarity, let's assume you renamed the
> playlist
> >> Vocal Comp and your goal is to compile a series of clips or selections from
> the
> >> various takes to put on the comp track. Let's say you decided that take 3
> was
> >> the overall best take. Using Shift+Up/Down Arrows, you'd select the
> Vocal.03
> >> playlist, select the entire range of the timeline and simply press
> >> Option+Shift+Up Arrow to copy it to the target playlist, Vocal Comp,
> without
> >> having to copy, then select the Vocal Comp playlist and paste. It's just 
> >> one
> >> shortcut. Of course, you'll still be on Vocal.03. So, now, let's say you 
> >> know
> >> that the first phrase in verse 2 is better in take 4. You can Shift down
> Arrow to
> >> get to vocal.04, select the phrase in question and hit Option+Shift+Up
> arrow
> >> to send it to Vocal Comp. Essentially, this workflow replaces the use of
> >> playlist lanes where one would have to click in a lane, solo it to hear it 
> >> and
> 

Re: new features and shortcuts in the new Pro Tools 2018.1

[Slau Halatyn]

Hi Martin,

Actually, it does work. I did it just now. Perhaps what you're thinking of is 
that it doesn't work when you're in bars and beats. In that case, a minus in 
front of the bar number would assume there are negative count-in bars before 
bar 1, which is a common thing. I've pointed this out and asked if it might be 
possible to somehow move backwards by a fixed number of bars with a key 
sequence but that hasn't been tackled yet. As for minutes and seconds, the 
sequence does work.
Cheers,
Slau

> On Jan 26, 2018, at 2:02 AM, Martin (Punky) Sopart  wrote:
> 
> Hi Slau!
> 
> Sounds very interesting.
> Thanks for supporting us over there.
> 
> Maybe you could ask for another all time bug.
> I reported it several times to Avid.
> 
> Moving e.g. 7 bars forward by pressing Numpad-Star, Numpad-Plus, Numpad-7, 
> Numpad-Enter works great.
> But the opposed direction - using Numpad-Minus instead of Numpad-Plus - does 
> not work at all but is still in the Pro Tools manual.
> 
> Best! / Martin
>> -Original Message-
>> From: ptaccess@googlegroups.com [mailto:ptaccess@googlegroups.com]
>> On Behalf Of Slau Halatyn
>> Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2018 10:28 PM
>> To: PTAccess List 
>> Subject: new features and shortcuts in the new Pro Tools 2018.1
>> 
>> There are a bunch of new features and shortcuts in Pro Tools 2018.1
>> announced today at NAMM. Yes, the version numbers are different now and
>> reflect year dot month of release. Anyway, below is  a brief look at the new
>> shortcuts and their functions but first, the big news:
>> 
>> The track record button now accurately reports when it is selected. No more
>> having to read the button multiple times to verify whether it's armed or not
>> because of it flashing on and off. The same applies to the Global Record
>> button in the Transport. This has been an issue from day one and I asked that
>> this be made a priority fix last time I visited Avid and it went through a 
>> few
>> iterations in beta before they got it right but they did nail it. Yay for 
>> fixes!
>> 
>> 
>> Designate current playlist as target playlist
>> Command+Shift+right arrow
>> Any playlist can now be designated as the target playlist to which clips or
>> selections from any other playlist can be copied or moved. When a playlist is
>> selected, pressing Command+Shift+Right Arrow designates that playlist as
>> the target playlist.
>> 
>> Copy selection to target playlist
>> Shift+Option+up arrow
>> Let's say you've  created a track called Vocal and you've recorded a number
>> of takes on playlists. Let's assume you have four recorded takes on playlists
>> named Vocal.01, Vocal.02, Vocal.03 and Vocal.04. Let's say you've designated
>> Vocal as the target playlist. For clarity, let's assume you renamed the 
>> playlist
>> Vocal Comp and your goal is to compile a series of clips or selections from 
>> the
>> various takes to put on the comp track. Let's say you decided that take 3 was
>> the overall best take. Using Shift+Up/Down Arrows, you'd select the Vocal.03
>> playlist, select the entire range of the timeline and simply press
>> Option+Shift+Up Arrow to copy it to the target playlist, Vocal Comp, without
>> having to copy, then select the Vocal Comp playlist and paste. It's just one
>> shortcut. Of course, you'll still be on Vocal.03. So, now, let's say you know
>> that the first phrase in verse 2 is better in take 4. You can Shift down 
>> Arrow to
>> get to vocal.04, select the phrase in question and hit Option+Shift+Up arrow
>> to send it to Vocal Comp. Essentially, this workflow replaces the use of
>> playlist lanes where one would have to click in a lane, solo it to hear it 
>> and
>> then press Control+Option+v to copy to the Main Playlist. The Main playlist 
>> is
>> the currently selected playlist and, now with the introduction of a Target
>> playlist, one can essentially send from any playlist to any designated target
>> playlist.
>> 
>> Move selection to target playlist
>> Option+Shift+t
>> If, instead of copying a clip or selection to the target playlist, you'd 
>> rather
>> move the selection to the target playlist rather than copying, Option+Shift+t
>> is your friend. Flo Tools users will recognize that this Keyboard shortcut 
>> is the
>> the command to Speak Selected Tracks. The new version of Flo Tools now
>> uses a different shortcut. Refer to the What's New in Flo Tools document to
>> find out more.
>> 
>> Toggle recent playlists
>> Shift+left arrow
>> Pressing this shortcut will simply toggle quickly between 2 playlists
>> 
>> Show target playlist
>> Shift+right arrow
>> No matter how many playlists you have or which playlist is currently 
>> selected,
>> pressing Shift+Right Arrow will select the Target Playlist.
>> 
>> Cycle in audio from previous playlist
>> Command+Shift+up arrow
>> Cycle in audio from next playlist
>> Command+Shift+down arrow
>> These two commands are perhaps the most powerful playlist editing
>> shortcuts. what these commands do is cyc

RE: new features and shortcuts in the new Pro Tools 2018.1

[Martin (Punky) Sopart]

Hi Slau!

Sounds very interesting.
Thanks for supporting us over there.

Maybe you could ask for another all time bug.
I reported it several times to Avid.

Moving e.g. 7 bars forward by pressing Numpad-Star, Numpad-Plus, Numpad-7, 
Numpad-Enter works great.
But the opposed direction - using Numpad-Minus instead of Numpad-Plus - does 
not work at all but is still in the Pro Tools manual.

Best! / Martin
> -Original Message-
> From: ptaccess@googlegroups.com [mailto:ptaccess@googlegroups.com]
> On Behalf Of Slau Halatyn
> Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2018 10:28 PM
> To: PTAccess List 
> Subject: new features and shortcuts in the new Pro Tools 2018.1
> 
> There are a bunch of new features and shortcuts in Pro Tools 2018.1
> announced today at NAMM. Yes, the version numbers are different now and
> reflect year dot month of release. Anyway, below is  a brief look at the new
> shortcuts and their functions but first, the big news:
> 
> The track record button now accurately reports when it is selected. No more
> having to read the button multiple times to verify whether it's armed or not
> because of it flashing on and off. The same applies to the Global Record
> button in the Transport. This has been an issue from day one and I asked that
> this be made a priority fix last time I visited Avid and it went through a few
> iterations in beta before they got it right but they did nail it. Yay for 
> fixes!
> 
> 
> Designate current playlist as target playlist
> Command+Shift+right arrow
> Any playlist can now be designated as the target playlist to which clips or
> selections from any other playlist can be copied or moved. When a playlist is
> selected, pressing Command+Shift+Right Arrow designates that playlist as
> the target playlist.
> 
> Copy selection to target playlist
> Shift+Option+up arrow
> Let's say you've  created a track called Vocal and you've recorded a number
> of takes on playlists. Let's assume you have four recorded takes on playlists
> named Vocal.01, Vocal.02, Vocal.03 and Vocal.04. Let's say you've designated
> Vocal as the target playlist. For clarity, let's assume you renamed the 
> playlist
> Vocal Comp and your goal is to compile a series of clips or selections from 
> the
> various takes to put on the comp track. Let's say you decided that take 3 was
> the overall best take. Using Shift+Up/Down Arrows, you'd select the Vocal.03
> playlist, select the entire range of the timeline and simply press
> Option+Shift+Up Arrow to copy it to the target playlist, Vocal Comp, without
> having to copy, then select the Vocal Comp playlist and paste. It's just one
> shortcut. Of course, you'll still be on Vocal.03. So, now, let's say you know
> that the first phrase in verse 2 is better in take 4. You can Shift down 
> Arrow to
> get to vocal.04, select the phrase in question and hit Option+Shift+Up arrow
> to send it to Vocal Comp. Essentially, this workflow replaces the use of
> playlist lanes where one would have to click in a lane, solo it to hear it and
> then press Control+Option+v to copy to the Main Playlist. The Main playlist is
> the currently selected playlist and, now with the introduction of a Target
> playlist, one can essentially send from any playlist to any designated target
> playlist.
> 
> Move selection to target playlist
> Option+Shift+t
> If, instead of copying a clip or selection to the target playlist, you'd 
> rather
> move the selection to the target playlist rather than copying, Option+Shift+t
> is your friend. Flo Tools users will recognize that this Keyboard shortcut is 
> the
> the command to Speak Selected Tracks. The new version of Flo Tools now
> uses a different shortcut. Refer to the What's New in Flo Tools document to
> find out more.
> 
> Toggle recent playlists
> Shift+left arrow
> Pressing this shortcut will simply toggle quickly between 2 playlists
> 
> Show target playlist
> Shift+right arrow
> No matter how many playlists you have or which playlist is currently selected,
> pressing Shift+Right Arrow will select the Target Playlist.
> 
> Cycle in audio from previous playlist
> Command+Shift+up arrow
> Cycle in audio from next playlist
> Command+Shift+down arrow
> These two commands are perhaps the most powerful playlist editing
> shortcuts. what these commands do is cycle in audio from other playlists
> when a selection range is made. Without having to switch playlists, it's now
> possible to audition audio from other playlists in context. Let's say you were
> on your Vocal Comp playlist and you had your previously recorded 4 takes
> and you had chosen take 3 as overall best take, just like the previous
> scenario. Let's say the song was "Mary Had a Little Lamb." So let's say you 
> had
> your chosen take copied into the target playlist and you're listening to the
> first line and the word "little just doesn't sound right. What you can now do 
> is
> select the word "little" in the playlist and press Command+Shift+Down
> Arrow. Now, the word "little wil

Re: new features and shortcuts in the new Pro Tools 2018.1

[Slau Halatyn]

Hi Brian,

Well, the OS question is a personal preference, eh? I'll personally go ahead 
and update on my laptop but I'll have to find a strategic window of opportunity 
to upgrade the studio computer.
Cheers,
Slau

> On Jan 25, 2018, at 1:56 PM, Brian Casey  
> wrote:
> 
> Thanks Slau, track presets are very overdue as an official feature. 
> 
> Looks like its good timing for me to finally get down to moving up from 
> Yosemite on the studio machine. 
> 
> Any pointers on what OS version to jump to? 
> 
> Sent from my smart-ish phone!
> 
> On 25/01/2018, at 9:27 PM, Slau Halatyn  > wrote:
> 
>> There are a bunch of new features and shortcuts in Pro Tools 2018.1 
>> announced today at NAMM. Yes, the version numbers are different now and 
>> reflect year dot month of release. Anyway, below is  a brief look at the new 
>> shortcuts and their functions but first, the big news:
>> 
>> The track record button now accurately reports when it is selected. No more 
>> having to read the button multiple times to verify whether it's armed or not 
>> because of it flashing on and off. The same applies to the Global Record 
>> button in the Transport. This has been an issue from day one and I asked 
>> that this be made a priority fix last time I visited Avid and it went 
>> through a few iterations in beta before they got it right but they did nail 
>> it. Yay for fixes!
>> 
>> Designate current playlist as target playlist
>> Command+Shift+right arrow
>> Any playlist can now be designated as the target playlist to which clips or 
>> selections from any other playlist can be copied or moved. When a playlist 
>> is selected, pressing Command+Shift+Right Arrow designates that playlist as 
>> the target playlist.
>> 
>> Copy selection to target playlist
>> Shift+Option+up arrow
>> Let's say you've  created a track called Vocal and you've recorded a number 
>> of takes on playlists. Let's assume you have four recorded takes on 
>> playlists named Vocal.01, Vocal.02, Vocal.03 and Vocal.04. Let's say you've 
>> designated Vocal as the target playlist. For clarity, let's assume you 
>> renamed the playlist Vocal Comp and your goal is to compile a series of 
>> clips or selections from the various takes to put on the comp track. Let's 
>> say you decided that take 3 was the overall best take. Using Shift+Up/Down 
>> Arrows, you'd select the Vocal.03 playlist, select the entire range of the 
>> timeline and simply press Option+Shift+Up Arrow to copy it to the target 
>> playlist, Vocal Comp, without having to copy, then select the Vocal Comp 
>> playlist and paste. It's just one shortcut. Of course, you'll still be on 
>> Vocal.03. So, now, let's say you know that the first phrase in verse 2 is 
>> better in take 4. You can Shift down Arrow to get to vocal.04, select the 
>> phrase in question and hit Option+Shift+Up arrow to send it to Vocal Comp. 
>> Essentially, this workflow replaces the use of playlist lanes where one 
>> would have to click in a lane, solo it to hear it and then press 
>> Control+Option+v to copy to the Main Playlist. The Main playlist is the 
>> currently selected playlist and, now with the introduction of a Target 
>> playlist, one can essentially send from any playlist to any designated 
>> target playlist.
>> 
>> Move selection to target playlist
>> Option+Shift+t
>> If, instead of copying a clip or selection to the target playlist, you'd 
>> rather move the selection to the target playlist rather than copying, 
>> Option+Shift+t is your friend. Flo Tools users will recognize that this 
>> Keyboard shortcut is the the command to Speak Selected Tracks. The new 
>> version of Flo Tools now uses a different shortcut. Refer to the What's New 
>> in Flo Tools document to find out more.
>> 
>> Toggle recent playlists
>> Shift+left arrow
>> Pressing this shortcut will simply toggle quickly between 2 playlists
>> 
>> Show target playlist
>> Shift+right arrow
>> No matter how many playlists you have or which playlist is currently 
>> selected, pressing Shift+Right Arrow will select the Target Playlist.
>> 
>> Cycle in audio from previous playlist
>> Command+Shift+up arrow
>> Cycle in audio from next playlist
>> Command+Shift+down arrow
>> These two commands are perhaps the most powerful playlist editing shortcuts. 
>> what these commands do is cycle in audio from other playlists when a 
>> selection range is made. Without having to switch playlists, it's now 
>> possible to audition audio from other playlists in context. Let's say you 
>> were on your Vocal Comp playlist and you had your previously recorded 4 
>> takes and you had chosen take 3 as overall best take, just like the previous 
>> scenario. Let's say the song was "Mary Had a Little Lamb." So let's say you 
>> had your chosen take copied into the target playlist and you're listening to 
>> the first line and the word "little just doesn't sound right. What you can 
>> now do is select the word "little" in the playlist an

Re: new features and shortcuts in the new Pro Tools 2018.1

[Brian Casey]

Thanks Slau, track presets are very overdue as an official feature. 

Looks like its good timing for me to finally get down to moving up from 
Yosemite on the studio machine. 

Any pointers on what OS version to jump to? 

Sent from my smart-ish phone!

> On 25/01/2018, at 9:27 PM, Slau Halatyn  wrote:
> 
> There are a bunch of new features and shortcuts in Pro Tools 2018.1 announced 
> today at NAMM. Yes, the version numbers are different now and reflect year 
> dot month of release. Anyway, below is  a brief look at the new shortcuts and 
> their functions but first, the big news:
> 
> The track record button now accurately reports when it is selected. No more 
> having to read the button multiple times to verify whether it's armed or not 
> because of it flashing on and off. The same applies to the Global Record 
> button in the Transport. This has been an issue from day one and I asked that 
> this be made a priority fix last time I visited Avid and it went through a 
> few iterations in beta before they got it right but they did nail it. Yay for 
> fixes!
> 
> Designate current playlist as target playlist
> Command+Shift+right arrow
> Any playlist can now be designated as the target playlist to which clips or 
> selections from any other playlist can be copied or moved. When a playlist is 
> selected, pressing Command+Shift+Right Arrow designates that playlist as the 
> target playlist.
> 
> Copy selection to target playlist
> Shift+Option+up arrow
> Let's say you've  created a track called Vocal and you've recorded a number 
> of takes on playlists. Let's assume you have four recorded takes on playlists 
> named Vocal.01, Vocal.02, Vocal.03 and Vocal.04. Let's say you've designated 
> Vocal as the target playlist. For clarity, let's assume you renamed the 
> playlist Vocal Comp and your goal is to compile a series of clips or 
> selections from the various takes to put on the comp track. Let's say you 
> decided that take 3 was the overall best take. Using Shift+Up/Down Arrows, 
> you'd select the Vocal.03 playlist, select the entire range of the timeline 
> and simply press Option+Shift+Up Arrow to copy it to the target playlist, 
> Vocal Comp, without having to copy, then select the Vocal Comp playlist and 
> paste. It's just one shortcut. Of course, you'll still be on Vocal.03. So, 
> now, let's say you know that the first phrase in verse 2 is better in take 4. 
> You can Shift down Arrow to get to vocal.04, select the phrase in question 
> and hit Option+Shift+Up arrow to send it to Vocal Comp. Essentially, this 
> workflow replaces the use of playlist lanes where one would have to click in 
> a lane, solo it to hear it and then press Control+Option+v to copy to the 
> Main Playlist. The Main playlist is the currently selected playlist and, now 
> with the introduction of a Target playlist, one can essentially send from any 
> playlist to any designated target playlist.
> 
> Move selection to target playlist
> Option+Shift+t
> If, instead of copying a clip or selection to the target playlist, you'd 
> rather move the selection to the target playlist rather than copying, 
> Option+Shift+t is your friend. Flo Tools users will recognize that this 
> Keyboard shortcut is the the command to Speak Selected Tracks. The new 
> version of Flo Tools now uses a different shortcut. Refer to the What's New 
> in Flo Tools document to find out more.
> 
> Toggle recent playlists
> Shift+left arrow
> Pressing this shortcut will simply toggle quickly between 2 playlists
> 
> Show target playlist
> Shift+right arrow
> No matter how many playlists you have or which playlist is currently 
> selected, pressing Shift+Right Arrow will select the Target Playlist.
> 
> Cycle in audio from previous playlist
> Command+Shift+up arrow
> Cycle in audio from next playlist
> Command+Shift+down arrow
> These two commands are perhaps the most powerful playlist editing shortcuts. 
> what these commands do is cycle in audio from other playlists when a 
> selection range is made. Without having to switch playlists, it's now 
> possible to audition audio from other playlists in context. Let's say you 
> were on your Vocal Comp playlist and you had your previously recorded 4 takes 
> and you had chosen take 3 as overall best take, just like the previous 
> scenario. Let's say the song was "Mary Had a Little Lamb." So let's say you 
> had your chosen take copied into the target playlist and you're listening to 
> the first line and the word "little just doesn't sound right. What you can 
> now do is select the word "little" in the playlist and press 
> Command+Shift+Down Arrow. Now, the word "little will be the performance from 
> Vocal.01. Everything else remains the same and unchanged. Only the word 
> "little" has changed. Pressing Command+Shift+Down Arrow again will now cycle 
> in "little" from Vocal.02. You can continue to audition the selected range 
> from each available playlist until you're happy with the performance. When 
>